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Ballinger HS
Runnels County · Region 15: San Angelo · 384 students
Ballinger HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.4 average of the 1,490 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 11 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 79.
Ranks 3,064th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 260 others), and 44th of 124 in Region 15: San Angelo (tied with 6 others).
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5 years of ratings
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 79 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 85 | 83.4 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 92 | 83.8 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | B | 88 | 81.8 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | B | 82 | 82.4 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | C | 74 | 84.5 | 83.7 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Ballinger HS itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Ballinger HS
- Similar student population (1,490)
- Region 15: San Angelo (124)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 88 | B | 2 |
| School Progress | 82 | B | 8 |
| Closing the Gaps | 78 | C | 2 |
| Academic Growth | 57 | F | 3 |
| Relative Performance | 82 | B | 8 |
Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 2 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (88), so School Progress (82) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (1,490)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (1,490 schools) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 100.0%+7.0 pts vs similar
- Five-Year
- 100.0%+7.2 pts vs similar
- Six-Year
- 97.3%+5.2 pts vs similar
- Dropout Rate
- 0.0%−0.4 pts vs similar
College, career and military readiness
| Criterion | This school | similar | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 98.0% | 88.2% | +9.8 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 46.7% | 59.2% | −12.5 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 8.3% | 32.2% | −23.9 |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 0.0% | 12.6% | −12.6 |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 65.0% | 35.6% | +29.4 |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 30.0% | 37.5% | −7.5 |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 1.5% | −1.5 |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 4.3% | −4.3 |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 5.5% | −5.5 |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 2.9% | −2.9 |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 3.3% | 7.2% | −3.9 |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 3.3% | 3.3% | +0.0 |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 384
- Economically disadvantaged
- 43.5%−0.8 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 2.6%−9.1 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 18.2%±0.0 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 93.6%−1.2 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 23.0%+9.8 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 0.8%
- Hispanic 49.2%
- White 47.9%
- Asian 0.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or More Races 1.6%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Ballinger HS
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $60,362−$6,857 vs similar
- Teachers
- 41
- Students per staff member
- 9.4
Teaching experience
- Beginning 22%
- 1 to 5 years 12.2%
- 6 to 10 years 14.6%
- 11 to 20 years 26.8%
- 21 to 30 years 14.6%
- Over 30 years 9.8%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 123 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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9of 47
Earned college credit for a dual credit course
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 47 that report this measure
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1of 1,506
Dropout Rate (lowest is best)
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 1,506 that report this measure · tied with 648
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1of 1,499
Four-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 1,499 that report this measure · tied with 410
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1of 1,494
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 1,494 that report this measure · tied with 463
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1of 412
Four-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 412 that report this measure · tied with 128
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1of 412
Dropout Rate (lowest is best)
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 412 that report this measure · tied with 208
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1of 411
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 411 that report this measure · tied with 142
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1of 46
Four-Year Graduation Rate
Region 15: San Angelo (standard accountability only) · of the 46 that report this measure · tied with 28
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1of 46
Dropout Rate (lowest is best)
Region 15: San Angelo (standard accountability only) · of the 46 that report this measure · tied with 37
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1of 45
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Region 15: San Angelo (standard accountability only) · of the 45 that report this measure · tied with 31
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6of 47
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 41
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10of 47
Earned a level I or level II certificate
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 37
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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